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We have had ten varieties of Hulless barley under experiment for 

 five years in succession, and find that the Guy Mayle heads the Ust with 

 an average of 54.4 bushels per acre, taking sixty pounds as the stan- 

 dard weight per measured bushel. This is followed by the Black Hul- 

 less with 51.5; the Hungarian, 50.2; the Purple, 49.2; the Winnipeg 

 No. 2, 46.9; the Hog, 45.9; the Large Skinned, 42.8; the New White 

 Hulless, 42,1 ; and the Ideal, 40.2 bushels per acre. In 1904, the high- 

 est yields were produced by the Guy Mayle, 59.7 bus. ; Black Hulless, 

 54.9 bus. ; Purple, 53.2 bus. ; and Hungarian 53.1 bushels per acre. 



The Guy Mayle variety, which stands at the head of the list in 

 yield per acre for five years, and also for 1904, produces a grain of 

 purple color, and possesses straw which is comparatively strong for a 

 Hulless barlev. This barley was distributed throughout Ontario in 

 1904 for co-operative experiments. In the average of thirty-three re- 

 ports of successfully conducted experiments with the Guy Mayle and 

 the Black Hulless varieties, it was found that not only did the Guy 

 Mayle give the larger yield of grain per acre, but it was the most popu- 

 lar of the two varieties among the experimenters. This is considered 

 to be the most promising variety of Hulless barley which has been 

 grown at the College. 



Previous Cropping of Land for Barley. In the spring of 1901, 

 a strip of land two rods in width 'and forty rods in length was divided 

 into thirty-two plots. Paths five links (39.6 inches) in width were al- 

 lowed between the plots. The land is very level throughout, and had 

 been uniformly cropped previous to the date here mentioned. In the 

 spring of 1901, the whole range was sown to early oats. No, i plot 

 was seeded with Common Red Clover, No. 2 plot with Alsike Clover, 

 No. 3 plot with Timothy, and No. 4 plot received no clover or grass 

 seed. Similar seedings to these were repeated until the whole range 

 was seeded according to the plan outlined above. It will, therefore, 

 be seen that there were eight plots of Common Red Clover, eight plots 

 of Alsike Clover, eip-ht plots of Timothy, and eight plots left without 

 seeding. After the oats were cut, the plots were carefully edged. Both 

 the clover and the timothy made good growth in the autumn. In the 

 following spring, the growth of the three crops on the twenty-four 

 plots was excellent. The range was divided into two sections, and 

 each section into four divisions, each division containing one plot of 

 Common Red Clover, one plot of Alsike Clover, one plot of Timothy, 

 and one plot without any crop. The land in No. i division was plowed 

 after the first crop of the season had received its full growth and before 

 it had been removed from the land ; No. 2 division was plowed immed- 

 iately after the first crop of the season had been removed ; No. 3 divi- 

 sion n-as plowed before the second crop had been removed ; and No. 4 

 division was plowed immediately after the second crop had been re- 

 moved from the land. The remaining sixteen plots were an exact dupli- 

 cate of the first section. The land was cultivated on the surface in the 

 autumn and was sown with mangels in the spring of 1903. The Sut- 



